Especially useful the description of the German formation on 24 morning ("in column"), the open fire (20800 meters) and cease fire (18000) distances, the shells expended by Bismarck (93) and the (unfortunately short) account of the DS battle. As we already know, all that information originates from...

The third photo has different windows, more space between them, and is a much deeper room. Can it possibly be the kommandobrucke of Bismarck? Yes, I think you are correct. http://www.kbismarck.com/prot-bridge01.jpg This is a photo capture from a 1940 German newsreel "Die Deutsche Wochenschau" about...

Hello, This is to inform you all that from now on, Bill Jurens will be board moderator. He is both an experienced and knowledgeable member of our community and has kindly volunteered to do the job. This means, that among other things, Bill will ultimately have the power to lock threads that go wild ...

As I am not a moderator, I have no capability to stop or otherwise control anything that might be posted on this board. Bill, perhaps you would be interested in being a board moderator? I have no problem at all with that. If fact, it would be an honor, and I believe everybody will welcome you as an...

Uploaded a new article in German originally published by Fritz Otto Busch and including drawings from J. C. Schmitz.
I don't know the exact date of publication but probably 1942.
Photos by Josef Lagemann
Captions by Paul Schmalenbach

Wadinga & Antonio, Just for your information. The map attached below is basically a carbon copy of the map published by Russell Grenfell in 1948 "The Bismarck Episode". I have no idea why this old map was reproduced in Brennecke's 2003 book edition, that is five years after the author passed away, b...

Marc, I'm not familiar with the damage control report you mention (reconstructed?), but how could the men at Group West know exactly where the Bismarck was hit other than from the information provided by Lütjens' radio messages and the later testimony of survivors? Survivor Otto Höntzsch reported th...

The official statement is „exit above armor deck“, which is the upper platform deck in this area. The big hole is on the tween deck. Therefore it can‘t be from PoW. Well, the tween and battery decks are also over the armor deck (über Panzerdeck), right? 1. Upper deck 2. Battery deck 3. Tween deck 4...

Bill, In the following link we can see that the entry and exit holes, port and starboard, are both over the false white waves: http://www.hmshood.com/hoodtoday/2001expedition/bismarck/bismarck5.htm That would indicate an angle very close to 270º (i.e zero degrees), unless the holes don't belong to t...